Youth Today
Opinion
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2.1KFoster Youth Need Academic Support to Succeed
For years, the child welfare system in America has focused on the most urgent needs of the children it...
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3.2KYou Don’t Have the Right to Talk Dirty to a Child
We all know the horror stories of predators luring children online to meet in person. Most states have laws that criminalize luring,...
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Here’s a Collaborative Way to End Homelessness Among LGBT Youth
The primary reason for all youth homelessness may be related to family conflict, but for LGBT youth sexual orientation and/or gender identity...
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2.9KWhere Are All the Male Mentors?
By nearly every measure, youth mentoring programs work.
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1.7KBetter Integrating Behavioral Health, Juvenile Justice Systems Will Rescue More Kids
It is now well-known that youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system have high rates of mental health and...
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1.3KWhy Youth Organizations Need to Know the Signs of Suicide
This op-ed is focused on the nonclinical youth worker and addresses the importance of knowing the signs of suicide and how they...
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2.8KLessons for Child Welfare From the Tales of Wells Fargo
Financial incentives matter. They matter in child welfare, too. Most of the discussion of financial incentives in child welfare deals with government...
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6.1KA Bridge to Child Care for Foster Kids in California
There’s a crisis in California’s foster care system that few know about: child care.
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Youth Today Opposes Champion of Inequality
The publisher of Youth Today, the Center for Sustainable Journalism, has had a long and meaningful relationship with our host institution in...
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Identifying Early Substance Use and Risk in School Settings
Adolescence is a critical time to prevent initiation of substance use, but unfortunately, adolescent substance use is typically only addressed once it...
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1.9KLawmakers: Make TANF Work for Children
The verdict is out: 20 years later, the only federal cash assistance program for low-income families desperately needs an overhaul.
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2.6KRelationships That Last Beyond the System the Key for Kids, Families
The kids and parents we work with too often feel fear, anger and a diminished sense of self in their relationships with...
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1.5KAdvocating for Social Security is Advocating for Youth
The national focus on Social Security’s benefits for seniors obscures its role as one of the largest antipoverty programs for children.
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316Bridging the Gap Between Career Perceptions and Reality With the Ace Mentor Program
“I had no idea there were so many different types of engineering.” I hear this kind of statement from students every year....
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1.4KJanet Reno Endowment Will Strengthen Child Advocacy Field She Has Always Supported
If you are lucky, you come across someone in your career who provides an "unforgettable interruption" — someone who teaches you, someone...
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1.3KTeachers, SROs Must Learn to Manage Students Without Using Justice System
One measure of how some schools’ priorities have changed is that, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office...
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3.0KConnecting, Integrating STEM and Social Emotional Learning
At a recent national Out of School Time (OST) conference I attended, one participant proudly shared how her program was working on...
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1.2KStrong Education Programs, Supports Can Be Potent for Justice-Involved Youth
Very few things mattered to me, including my own life. It was not until I joined the college program of the juvenile...
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4.0KSo You Think You Want to Be a Social Worker
For most of my early adult life I remained steadfastly uncertain about what my future held. I had a bachelor’s degree in...
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1.6KWe Must Talk Openly About Real Reasons for Racial Disparities
Let’s talk about race. The mention of race stirs emotions that are usually not expressed for fear of the response.
